Discuss: what food you eat in excess? What are the consequences of over-eating these foods?

Comparison of grain and fruit intake between Beninese women living in Benin and Immigrant women living in the U.S

Discuss: what food you eat in excess? What are the consequences of over-eating these foods?

Discuss it in terms of the nutritional value of the food item and the medical risk associated with it. Example: Soda- too much sugar- empty calories- obesity…

Discuss what food you don’t eat but is recommended in Choose my plate website and what are the consequences of overeating those foods? Discuss it in tern of the nutritional value of the food item and the medical risk associated with it.

E.g.: milk- not enough calcium- not enough Vitamin D- bone density, heart diseases-…

Discuss your intake of water and its health benefits

Discuss your intake of fibre and its health benefits

Discuss your intake of whole fruits, juices, fruit drinks and what’s the benefit or problem

Discuss your intake of vegetables- dark green and orange versus starchy vegetables and legumes and what’s the health benefits

Discus your intake of oils and fried foods

Discus your intake of sweets and junk foods

 

 

Thus, as this diet offers minimal nutritional value, what long-term effects do they have on the toddlers’ health and behavior? Further, what amount do the preschoolers consume? What can be done to reduce this amount, if large? Moreover, how can we involve parents to encourage healthy snacks as an alternative?

Revised Final Research Proposal

Further, the preschoolers substitute these snacks for lunch. As much as the staff encourages the little ones to eat their healthy alternatives, they cannot force-feed them.

Thus, as this diet offers minimal nutritional value, what long-term effects do they have on the toddlers’ health and behavior? Further, what amount do the preschoolers consume? What can be done to reduce this amount, if large? Moreover, how can we involve parents to encourage healthy snacks as an alternative?